Rob Portman

The 11 million Americans who receive Social Security disability face steep benefit cuts next year, the government said Wednesday, handing lawmakers a fiscal and political crisis in the middle of a presidential campaign. The trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare said the disability trust fund will run out of money in late 2016. That would trigger an automatic 19 percent cut in benefits, unless Congress acts. The average monthly benefit for disabled workers and their families is $1,017. The typical beneficiary would see a reduction of $193 a month. "Today's report shows that we must seek meaningful, in some instances even urgent, changes to ensure the program is on...

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